According to his latest tally, more than two-dozen other candidates from both sides of the aisle have joined Straniere's Wounded Warrior Workplace Initiative, which is open to all wounded vets and members of their immediate families, regardless of when or where they served.
"These men and women have sacrificed so much for all of us [that] the least we can do is help them find affordable housing," says David Hovasse, a former marine who now is a realty broker in Colorado Springs, Colo.